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To Meet Mr. Thompson 




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COPYRIGHT, 1889, BY WALTER H. BAKER & CO 



plays for ^mateur Sfyeatrieals. 

BY GEORGE 7UZ. BKKER, 

Author of " Amateur Dramas," "The Mimic Stage?' "The Social Stage," "The Drawing' 
Room Stage " "Handy Dramas" "The Exhibition Dramas" "A Baker's Dozen" etc. 

Titles in this Type are New Plays. 

Titles in this Type are Temperance Plays. 



DRAMAS. 

In Four A cts. 
Better than Gold. 7 male, 4 female 



char. 



In Three Acts. 

Our Folks. 6 male, 5 female char. 

The Flower of the Family. 5 
male, 3 female char 

Eni isted for the*War. 7 male, 3 fe- 
male char. . . . • 

My Brother's Keeper. 5 male, 3 fe- 
male char 

The Little Brown Jug. 5 male, 3 
female char 

In Two A cts. 
Above the Clouds. 7 male, 3 female 

char 

One Hundred Years Ago. 7 male, 

4 female char. . . **. . . * . . . . 
Among the Breakers. 6 male, 4 female 

char 

Bread on the Waters. 5 male, 3 female 

char * 

Down by the Sea. 6 male, 3 female 

char 

Once on a Time. 4 male, 2 female char. 
The Last Loaf. 5 male, 3 female char. 
•y 

In One A ct. 
Stand by the Flag. 5 male char. . . 
The Tempter. 3 male, 1 female char. 

COMEDIES AND FARCES. 

A Mysterious Disappearance. 4 

male, 3 female char 

Paddle Your Own Canoe. 7 male 

3 female char. . , 

A Drop too Much. 4 male, » female 

char 

A Little More Cider. 5 male, 3 fe- 
male char 

A Thorn Among the Roses. 2 male, 6 
female char 

Never Say Die. 3 male, 3 female char. 

Seeing the Elephant. 6 male, 3 female 
char 

The Boston Dip. 4 male, 3 female char. 

The Duchess of Dublin. 6 male, 4 fe- 
male char 

Thirty Minutes for Refreshments. 

4 male, 3 female char 

We're all Teetotalers. 4 male, 2 fe- 
male char 

Male CJuxracters Only. 

A Close Shave. 6 char 

A Public Benefactor. 6 char. . . . 
A Sea of Troubles. 8 char. .... 



COMEDIES, etc., continued. 

Male Characters Only. 
A Tender Attachment. 7 char. . . 

Coals of Fire. 6 char 

Freedom of the Press. 8 chnr. . . . 
Shall Our Mothers Vote? 11 char. 
Gentlemen of the Jury. 12 char. . . 
Humors of the Strike. 8 char. . . . 
My Uncle the Captain. 6 char. . . . 
New Brooms Sweep Clean. 6 char. 

The Great Elixir. 9 char 

Th« Hypochondriac. 3 char 

J he Man with the Demijohn. 4 

char 

The Runaways. 4 char 

The Thief of Time. 6 char 

Wanted, a Male Cook. 4 char. . . . 

Female Characters Only. 

A Love of a Bonnet. 5 char 

A Precious Pickle. 6 char 

No Cure No Pay. 7 char 

The Champion of Her Sex. 8 char. 
The Greatest Plague in Life. 8 char. 

The Grecian Bend. 7 char 

The Red Chignon. 6 char 

Using the Weed. 7 char 



ALLEGORIES. 



A rranged/or Music and Tableaux. 
Lighthart's Pilgrimage. 8 female 
i. 9 female 



char 

The Revolt of the Bi 
char 

The Sculptor's Triumph, i male. 4 fe- 
male char 

The Tournament of I dylcourt. jo fe- 
male char 

The War of the Roses. 8 female char. 

The Voyage of Life. 8 female char. . 

MUSICAL AND DRAMATIC. 

An Original Idea. i male, 1 female 

Bonbons; or, the Paint King. 6 male, 
1 female char 

Capuletta; or, Romeo and Juliet 
Restored. 3 male, 1 female char. 

Santa Claus' Frolics 

Snow-bound; or, Alonzo the Brave, 
and the Fair Imogene. 3 male, 1 
female char 

The Mer.vy Christmas of the Old 
Woman who Lived in a Shoe. . . . 

The Pedler of Very Nice. 7 male 
char 

The Seven Ages. A Tableau Entertain- 
ment. Numerous male and female char. 

Too Late for the Train. 2 male char. 

The Visions of Freedom, ii female 
char 



WALTER H. BAKER & CO., 23 Winter St., Boston. 



TO MEET MR. THOMPSON 



& l?a*£je in ®nz Juct 



FOR FEMALE CHARACTERS ONLY 



MRS. CLARA J. DENTON 






BOSTON 



1890 






CHARACTERS. 

Bella The young lady hostess 

Lou 



Ella 

Mary 

Emily 

Grace 

Julia 

Fannie J 



Young ladies. Resiaents of the same town and 
acquainted with each other. They are ah\ 
Bella" s guests. 



COSTUMES. 
Any tasteful dresses that may be suitably worn at a small 
evening party. Hats and wraps are worn on entering. The 
latter should of course correspond with the season, and are 
to be laid aside at the proper time. 




Copyright, 1890, 
By WALTER II. BAKER & CO. 



TMP92-009086 



TO MEET MR. THOMPSON. 



Scene. —A parlor. Eight chairs must be placed 
carelessly about so that the occupants will be within 
easy speaking distance of one another and yet not too far 
from c. Curtain rises. Bella enters l, and sits. 

Bella. To think that at last, at long, long last, this 
village really possesses a full-grown, live, rational 
young man ! I can hardly realize it. To be sure we 
have had Tom Jones, and Harry Spar, and John Smith, 
the first and second not yet out of their teens, the last 
a forlorn widower of forty. But now, O joy! here is an 
eligible young man of not more than twenty-three or 
four. Tall, handsome, dark-eyed, a lawyer, and with — 
Oh, such a moustache ! Dear me ! I can hardly wait until 
I see him entering th» room. (A door-bell rings behind 
^scenes. Bella starts up.) Oh, I do hope that is he f 
What a charming tete-a-tete we may have before the 
other girls get here ! (Enter Lou, r. Bella rushes to 
meet her. They embrace.) 

Bella (motioning l.). Just step in here, Lou, and 
remove your wraps, and arrange your hair. (Exit 
i^ou, l.) I might have known that Lou would be the 



4 TO MEET MR. THOMPSON. 

first one on hand. Of course that is her privilege, as 
she is my most intimate friend. {Re-enter Lou, l. 
They both sit near c. as Lou speaks?) 

Lou. So, I am the first arrival. I did not expect 
to be. I thought the girls would all arrive early. O 
Bella ! if you only knew the stir those invitations " to 
meet Mr. Thompson " have created in this stupid little 
burgh. 

Bella. Nonsense, Lou ! why should it ? 

Lou. Why should it ? Oh, now, Bella, don't pretend 
not to know that Mr. Thompson is the most delightful, 
most irresistible, most rare creature ever seen in this 
huddle called by courtesy a " town." 

Bella. So you have seen him ? {The bell rings. 
They both spring up, rush to centre, and exeiaim together, 
excitedly, " There he is ! " Enter Ella, r. They rush 
fonvard, embrace her, and she is directed by Bella into 
the adjoining room, as was Lou. Exit Ella, l. Bella 
and Lou resume seats.) 

Lou. Of course Ella would be here on time. I 
don't suppose cables and chains could have kept her 
at home to-night. 

Bella. Well, all of my invitations have been 
accepted. I don't suppose any of the girls would miss 
coining. 

Lou. Unless it may be those whom you forgot to 
invite. 

(Ella enters in time o hear the last word?) 

Ella {sits near the others). And how many have you 
invited, Bella ? 

Bella. Only nine. 



to meet mr. thompson. 5 

Ella) 

and > Nine ! 

Lou. ) 

Lou. Poor Mr. Thompson ! 

Ella. He will not live to tell the tale. 

Bella. I begin to think he foresees the danger, and 
that his instincts of self-preservation are too strong to 
admit of his coming. 
{The bell rings again. They all start to their feet, 

and exclaim, " There he is/" as before. Enter Mary. 

Repeat as on Ella's e?if ranee. Bella directs as before. 

Exit Mary, l. The others resume seats.) 

Ella. Of course Mary would come, trust her for 
that. Indeed, Bella, it is very generous of you to give 
all of us girls the pleasure of Mr. Thompson's 
acquaintance. {Enter Mary.) Almost any other girl 
would have kept his society for herself. 

Mary {approaches the others, and sits). But, we must 
have met him sometime, and, of course, she prefers to 
have the performance take place under her supervision, 
as it were. 

Lou. Then, I think she will be disappointed, for / 
don't believe he's coming. 

( The bell rings. All start up as before, repeat exclama- 
tion, etc. Enter Emily, r. Repeat all "business" 

as on entrance of others. Exit Emily, l. Others 

resume their places?) 

Mary. Oh, I knew j//^ would be here ! It's so long 
since she's seen a young man, she {enter Emily, l.) for- 
gets how one looks. « 

Emily {coming forward). What is that ? Who for- 
gets how what looks ? {Sits near others?) 



6 TO MEET MR. THOMPSON. 

Bella. We all have forgotten how a full-grown, live 
young man looks. 

Emily. Well, where is your curiosity ? Why don't 
you bring him out ? 

Lou. W T e await his royal pleasure. 

{Bell as before. Repeat former business fully. Enter 
Grace, r. Repeat as for others. Exit Grace, l. 
The others resume their seats.) 

Emily. Oh, I knew Grace would come. She has 
been on what the boys call a " still hunt " for a (enter 
Grace, l.) young man for nobody knows how long. 

Grace (as she comes to the others, and sits). Who has 
been a young man for nobody knows how long ? Surely, 
not Mr. Thompson ? 

Bella. Oh, no ! not Mr. Thompson. 

Lou. Oh, dear, no ! not Mr. Thompson. 

Ella. No indeed ! not Mr. Thompson. 

Mary. Oh, my, no ! not Mr. Thompson. 

Emily. Why, certainly not Mr. Thompson. (These 
answers must be very emphatic?) 

Bella. I conclude you have not seen him, Grace ? 

Grace. Seen him ? Indeed, I haven't. I have 
heard of nothing else for the last two weeks but Mr. 
Thompson. Is he handsome ? 

All in concert. Handsome ! handsome ! Oh, oh, 
oh ! — oh, oh, oh ! 

Grace. Dear me, what a wonder he must be ! But 
why doesn't he come ? (Bell, as before. Repeat former 
" business." Enter Julia, i#, as before. Exit Julia, 
l. The others resume seats.) 



TO MEET MR. THOMPSON. 7 

Emily. Bella, you certainly were not on the look- 
out for beauty, when you invited Julia. 

Ella. Was she when she invited the rest of us ? 

Mary. Oh, come now, Ella ! leave that {enter 
Julia, l.) for Mr. Thompson to decide. 

Julia {taking seat). What must Mr. Thompson 
decide ? 

Grace. Which one of this flock his highness shall 
escort to her home. 

Ella. He lives the nearest to my house. Doesn't 
that give me the first claim ? 

Lou. And my home is directly on the way thither, 
so that gives me his other arm. 

Mary. Pshaw, girls ! can't you see that he is in 
gallantry bound to escort the one who lives at the 
greatest distance from here ? And her name is Mary. 

Emily. And my home is only two blocks from your 
house. 

Julia. But how can he go home with any of us, 
unless he first gets here ? 

{Bell rifigs. Repeat former movements, etc. Enter 

Fannie, r, as before. Exit Fannie, l. All sit 

again?) 

Grace. Now, girls, Fannie lives farther away than 
any of us. 

Julia. And if he goes home with her, he passes my 
door, so, I think {enter Fannie, l.), Fannie and I will 
have him. 

Fannie {joins others, and sits). Have whom ? Not 
Mr. Thompson ? 



S TO MEET MR. THOMPSON. 

All (in concert and laughing). Oh, yes, Mr. Thomp- 
son ! Oh, yes, we'll all have Mr. Thompson ! 

Fannie (indignantly). Why, girls, I am surprised at 
you all. But please don't include my name. The idea 
of angling for a young man in that way ! 

Bella. O Fannie ! don't scold us ! the girls were 
only trying to decide whom he should escort home, and 
they settled on you and Julia, 

Fannie (looking around). But where is the young 
man ? 

All. Oh, he isn't here yet ! 

Fannie. So, while you are waiting, you are settling 
the question of his attentions. You might cast lots on 
the matter. (Sarcastically.) 

Emily. I'll tell you a good plan, girls. 

All. What is it ? What is it ? 

Emily. Let him choose for himself. 

All. Oh ! oh ! 

Bella. Well, now, girls, since you have settled the 
question, I will tell you he probably will escort none of 
you home to-night, for I have invited his two sisters to 
accompany him. I knew you would be dying to meet 
them. 
(Belt rings. All exclaim, as before. A voice at right 

entrance calls loudly, "Miss Bella, here is a note for 

you! ") 

Bella. You hear that, girls ; pray excuse me a 
moment. (Exit Bella, r.) 
(The others now huddle together at c, muttering to each 

other, "Mean thing!' "She did it on purpose /" 

" Much we care for his old sisters /" " She didn't want 



TO MEET MR. THOMPSON. O, 

him to go home with any of us ! " " We'll pay her tip ! " 
" Til invite him to my house /" " And so will I ! " The 
last exclamation in cho?-us. Enter Bella, r., carrying 
an open letter. They all drop quickly into their chairs, 
and are silent?) 

Bella (coming to a). Young ladies, I have just 
received this note, which I will read. (Reads.) 

"Miss Bella, — We are forced, at the last minute, by 
circumstances beyond our control, to decline your very 
courteous invitation. I will call on you to-morrow, and 
explain more fully. 

Yours with many regrets, 

Harry Thompson." 
(All rise, and come to c.) 

Lou. So this is the way we " meet Mr. Thompson ! " 

Ella. How charmed I have been to " meet Mr. 
Thompson ! " 

Mary. What a rare treat " to meet Mr. Thompson ! " 

Emily. Oh, lovely Mr. Thompson ! 

Grace. Delightful Mr. Thompson! 

Julia. Oh, rare Mr. Thompson ! 

Fannie. Very rare, indeed ! 

All (except Bella). The next time I go out " to meet 
Mr. Thompson " — 

Bella (smiling and courtesy i?ig). Let us hope you 
will " meet Mr. Thompson." 

CURTAIN. 
(Real names may be substituted, if preferred, throughout?) 



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THE PEAK SISTERS. 

A humorous entertainment for young ladies. Arranged by Mary B. 
Horne. Any number of ladies may take part, but seven only are 
necessary. No scenery; costumes very simple. This laughable 
trifle meets with invariable success wherever performed. 

Price, ------- 15 cents. 



THE BOOK OF DRILLS. 

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A group of entertainments for female characters for stage or floor per- 
formance, by Mary B. Horne, the author of " The Peak Sisters," etc. 

Price, ------ -30 cents. 



WALTER R BAKER & CO., Pnblishers, 23 Winter St, Boston. 

•. J. PARKHILL * CO., PRINTERS, 222 FRANKLIN ST., BOSTON. 



